No. 15-1251
Title:
National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner
v.
SW General, Inc., dba Southwest Ambulance
Docketed:April 7, 2016
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(14-1107, 14-1121)
  Decision Date:August 7, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:January 20, 2016
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apr 6 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2016)
May 9 2016 Brief of respondent SW General, Inc., dba Southwest Ambulance in opposition filed.
May 24 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 9, 2016.
May 24 2016 Reply of petitioner National Labor Relations Board filed. (Distributed)
Jun 10 2016 Letter dated June 9, 2016, received from the Solicitor General calling the Court's attention to a new decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. (Distributed)
Jun 13 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016.
Jun 20 2016 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 30 2016 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 12, 2016.
Jun 30 2016 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 19, 2016.
Aug 5 2016 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner National Labor Relations Board.
Aug 12 2016 Brief of petitioner National Labor Relations Board filed.
Aug 18 2016 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
Aug 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Sep 2 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT On Monday, November 7, 2016
Sep 9 2016 Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Sep 19 2016 Brief of respondent SW General, Inc., dba Southwest Ambulance filed.
Sep 23 2016 Record received from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Sep 23 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 26 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Morton Rosenberg filed.
Sep 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Sep 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of Senators John McCain and Thom Tillis urging affirmance filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
Sep 28 2016 CIRCULATED
Oct 3 2016 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Oct 19 2016 Reply of petitioner National Labor Relations Board filed. (Distributed)
Nov 7 2016 Argued. For petitioner: Ian H. Gershengorn, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C.
Mar 21 2017 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined.
Apr 24 2017 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jeffrey B. Wall Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: National Labor Relations Board
Attorneys for Respondent:
Shay Dvoretzky Jones Day(202) 879-3939
    Counsel of Record51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001-2113
sdvoretzky@jonesday.com
Party name: SW General, Inc., dba Southwest Ambulance
Other:
Cory L. Andrews Washington Legal Foundation(202)-588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
candrews@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation
 
John Michael Connolly Consovoy McCarthy Park, PLLC(703) 243-4923
George Mason University School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
3033 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700
Arlington, VA  22201
mike@consovoymccarthy.com
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business, et al.
 
James B. Coppess American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(202) 637-5337
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
jcoppess@aflcio.org
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
 
John P. Elwood Vinson & Elkins LLP(202) 639-6500
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC  20037
jelwood@velaw.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States
 
Brianne Jenna Gorod Constitutional Accountability Center(202) 296-6889
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC  20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
 
Kimberly S. Hermann Southeastern Legal Foundation770-977-2131
2255 Sewell Mill Road, Suite 320
Marietta, GA  30062
khermann@southeasternlegal.org
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
 
Thomas M. Johnson Jr. Deputy Attorney General(304) 558-2021
Office of the Attorney General
State Capitol Building 1, Rm. 26-E
Charleston, WV  25305-0220
tjohnson@wvago.gov
Party name: West Virginia, et al.
 
D. John Sauer James Otis Law Group LLC(314) 682-6067
12977 N. Forty Drive, Suite 214
St. Louis, MO  63141
jsauer@jamesotis.com
Party name: Morton Rosenberg
 
Ilya Shapiro Cato Institute(202) 842-0200
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
ishapiro@cato.org
Party name: Cato Institute
 
Justin A. Torres King & Spalding, LLP(202) 737-0500
1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20006
jtorres@kslaw.com
Party name: Senators John McCain and Thom Tillis